OFF THE CLOCK 2018 GUEST CURATOR - LAURIE KRATOCHVIL

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APA LOS ANGELES IS DELIGHTED TO WELCOME

THIS YEARS OFF THE CLOCK GUEST CURATOR

LAURIE KRATOCHVIL

BIOGRAPHY

Laurie Kratochvil is a photography consultant on visual projects that include magazines, books, and film. She also is a photography collection archivist and appraiser. She began her career at the Los Angeles Times as a photography editor and went on to work for numerous national publications before joining Rolling Stone Magazine in 1982. During her twelve years there as photo editor, Kratochvil saw the magazine win every major photography award including the National Magazine Award.

Kratochvil was the founding photography editor for InStyle Magazine and worked there until 2005 before leaving to start her own visual consulting business, working with consumer magazines such as, O the Oprah Magazine, Bloomberg Personal, Men’s Journal, Mens’s Health. In 2009 she was hired by Reader’s Digest Development to consult on new titles as well as the magazine's international editions.

John R. Hamilton: Hollywood and the American West, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK Feb-May, 2017

Kratochvil’s Film Project’s as a visual consultant:

Zero Dark Thirty, 2012 Detroit, 2017

Kratochvil was a jury member of World Press Photo, and is a faculty member in the continuing education program at The International Center for Photography. A native of Newport Beach, California, Kratochvil lives in New York City and Southold, New York.